Identity Digital
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Domain name services |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Headquarters | United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Domain name registrar, Registry services |
| Owner | Ethos Capital |
Identity Digital Inc. operates as a privately held enterprise within the domain name sector, functioning both as a registrar and provider of registry services. Under the ownership of the private equity firm Ethos Capital, it broadened its industry footprint by acquiring the registry operations and back-end service divisions of Afilias, Inc. in 2020. By 2022, the organization unified its corporate identity by merging Donuts Inc. and Afilias brands into a single entity known as Identity Digital.
Donuts Inc
Donuts Inc. served as the parent organization managing various affiliated companies in the domain name industry, which included a registrar and multiple registry operations. It administered paid domain registrations through its subsidiaries’ roles as registry operators, for instance managing the .social gTLD. Additionally, it held agreements with other registries and registrars to diversify and enhance its domain portfolio and market coverage.
Afilias
Established in October 2000 by a consortium of 19 leading domain name registrars, Afilias was acquired by Donuts, a domain registry operator, in November 2020.
Managed TLDs
Identity Digital / Donuts holds either ICANN approval as a sponsor or majority control over the sponsoring organizations for 264 top-level domains, accounting for approximately 30% of all publicly available TLDs.